las-cīvus

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `insult, mockery' (Hdt. 6, 67, AP 7, 345, H.).

Derivatives: Cf. the glosses of Hesychius: λάσθω and λασάσθω χλευαζέτω; λάσθαι παίζειν, ὀλιγωρεῖν, λοιδορεῖν; λάσθων κακολογῶν; λάσθον αἰσχρόν; λάσθας συμφοράς. λασθαίνειν κακολογεῖν H.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: No etymologie. Often as λάσ-θη connected with Lat. las-cīvus `wanton, luxuriant, lascivious', Skt. lā-las-a- `greedy' (Bq s. λιλαίομαι, WP. 2, 386, Pok. 654, W.-Hofmann s.v.); semantically not very adequate. Diff. Fick, 1, 532: from *λαξστᾱ to Germ., e. g. OHG lastar `scorn, revilement' (OHG lahan etc. `revile'); phonetically impossible; Schulze KZ 28, 270 n. 1 (Kl. Schr. 438 n. 1): λά-σθη to Goth. laí-lo `reviled'; Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73, 528ff.: from *λαθ-τᾱ to λαθεῖν; in spite of λάσθη... λήθη H. semantically doubtful. So no etym.; Pre-Greek?

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